fundatio
Latin
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Latin fundō
Latin fundātiō
From fundō (“found, establish”) + -tiō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [fʊnˈdaː.ti.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [funˈdat.t͡si.o]
Noun
fundātiō f (genitive fundātiōnis); third declension
- The act of founding; foundation.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fundātiō | fundātiōnēs |
| genitive | fundātiōnis | fundātiōnum |
| dative | fundātiōnī | fundātiōnibus |
| accusative | fundātiōnem | fundātiōnēs |
| ablative | fundātiōne | fundātiōnibus |
| vocative | fundātiō | fundātiōnēs |
Related terms
Descendants
- → Catalan: fundació
- → English: foundation
- → French: fondation
- → Italian: fondazione
- → Portuguese: fundação
- → Romanian: fundație
- → Spanish: fundación
References
- “fundatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "fundatio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “fundatio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.